Mary.

PATRICK GRANT, esq. of Glenlochy, in Strath Spey, Inverness-shire, (an estate which he alienated after being held by his predecessors from the period when they branched off from the Grants of Grant, chiefs of the ancient clan,) wedded Beatrix, daughter of Donald Grant, esq. of Inverlochy, and by her, who died 24th January, 1780, aged sixty-nine, left at his decease, 15th April, 1783, aged seventyfour, two sons, JOHN and FRANCIS. The elder,

JOHN GRANT, esq. proceeding to Jamaica, succeeded Thomas French, as chief justice of the island in 1783, and held the office until 1790. He purchased, towards the close of the last century, from the Murray and Craigie families, the contiguous estates of Kilgraston and Pitcaithly, situated in the east end of the beautiful and rich valley of Strath Earn, and extending over part of the Ochill Hills. Chief Justice Grant married Margaret, daughter of Roderic Macleod, of Edinburgh, but dying issueless, 31st March, 1793, was succeeded by his brother,

FRANCIS GRANT, esq. of Kilgraston, who espoused Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Oliphant, esq. of Rossie, post-master-general of Scotland, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Robert, died a midshipman R.N. in 1821.

Henry-Dundas, died unm.

Francis, married, and resides in Edinburgh.

James-Hope, lieutenant in the 9th Lancers.

Mary-Anne, m. to Lieut. Col. Lindsay, of Balcarres, and died in 1821.

Catherine-Anne, m. in 1832, to Graham

Spiers, esq. and has issue.

Mr. Grant died in 1819, and was s. by his eldest son, the present JOHN GRANT, esq. of Kilgraston.

Arms-Gu. a chevron engrailed ermine between three antique crowns or, confirmed to Chief Justice Grant, under the following grant. "To all and sundry whom these presents may concern, We, John Hook Campbell, of Bangeston, esq. Lyon King of Arms, do hereby certify and declare that the ensigns armorial pertaining and belonging to the honourable John Grant, of Glenlochy, esq. Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica, paternally descended through the line of the Grants of Glenlochy, from the family of Sir James Grant, Baronet, chief of that ancient surname, are matriculated in the public registers of the Lyon office, and are blazoned as on the margin, which armorial ensigns we do hereby ratify, confirm, and assign to the said John Grant, esq. as his proper arms and bearing, in testimony whereof these presents are subscribed by Robert Boswell, esq. our deputy, and the great seal of our office is appended thereunto, at Edinburgh, 6th day of November, in the year 1783.

Signed ROBERT BOSWELL, Lyon Dep. Crest-A mountain in flames ppr. with an escroll above, bearing the motto-Ferte citi the Roman fasces was adopted by the late flammas; confirmed by the above grant, but Chief Justice Grant.

Motto-Leges juraque serva.
Estates-In Perthshire.

Seat-Kilgraston House, Bridge of Earn,

Perthshire.

The WRIGHTS of Kilverstone, one of the oldest families in Norfolk, and contemporaneous with the Bedingfelds, Jerninghams, Pastons, and Woodhouses, have been seated in that county time immemorial. Owing, however, to the destruction of deeds and other documents, which were lost, with a great portion of the ancient property, by the negligence and dishonesty of guardians in long minorities, their descent can only now be authentically traced to the time of HENRY VII.

THOMAS WRIGHT, living in that reign, was father of

JOHN WRIGHT, who died, seised of the manors of Tindalls and Rowses, in East Laxham, Norfolk, in the 32nd of HENRY VIII. He married and had two sons, EDMUND, his heir; and Nicholas, who wedded Anne, daughter and co-heir of Edmund Beaupre, of Beaupre Hall. The elder,

EDMUND WRIGHT, of Sutton Hall, in Brent Bradfield, Suffolk, who m. first, Catherine, another daughter and co-heir of Edmund Beaupre, of Beaupre Hall; and secondly, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Russell, brother to John, first Barl

of Bedford, by the heiress of the family of Jervoyse, of Sutton Hall. By his second wife, Edmund Wright had issue,

1. William, who d. s. p.

11. Edmund, of Little Buckenham, in Norfolk, and of Thwayt, in Suffolk, m. first, a daughter of Lord Eure, and widow of Sir John Salvin, of Yorkshire, but had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir John Spring, knt. of Lavenham, in Suffolk, and had six daughters, viz.

III. George, Lord of Little Buckenham in 1572, m. at St. Pancras, London, 20th July, 1542, Dorothy, daughter of Edmund Monne, esq. of the Inner Temple, and had two sons and two daughters, viz.

1. William, of Winchester, m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry
Strangwayes, son and heir of
Sir Giles Strangwayes, and had
William, Dorothy, Anne, and
Amy.

2. Edmund, of Kingshay, Oxford-
shire, m. Dorothy, daughter of
Richard Baak, of Hadenham, in
Bucks.

1. Eleanor, m. to Richard Coulthorp, of Kingshay.

2. Cicely, m. to Robert Maule, of Suffolk.

IV. THOMAS, of whom presently.

v. Edward, died at sea. 1. Bridget, m. first, to Henry Chitting, esq. of Wortham; and secondly, to George Waller, esq.

The fourth son,

THOMAS WRIGHT, esq. of Weeting, in Norfolk, wedded Agnes, daughter of Fisher, of Witchingham, and had, with three other sons, who d. s. p. a successor,

THOMAS WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone,* in Norfolk, by whom the present hall was erected. He m. Jane, dau. of John Jermyn, esq. of Depeden, in Suffolk, by his second wife, Anne, dau. of Sir Robert Drury, of Hausted, in the same shire, and Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir Lionel Talmash, of Helmingham. By this lady he had three sons and three daughters, viz.

J. THOMAS, his heir.

11. John, of West Lexham and Ovington, in Norfolk, m. Joan, daughter of Thomas Steward, esq. of Barton Mills, by Sarah, his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Lewknor, knt. of Denham, and had issue,

1. Thomas, of Sandy Downham, in Suffolk, a justice of the peace from 1664 until his decease in 1669, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Robert Say, gent. of Tilney, and had issue,

Robert, of Downham, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir George Wyneive, knt. of Bretenham, in Suffolk, by Christian, his wife, daughter of Dudley, Lord North, and had issue,

Thomas, of Downham and York, m. first, Anne, dau. of Roger North, esq. of Rougham, by whom he had no child; and secondly, Frances, daughter of Thomas Wright, esq. of East Herling, and had issue. Robert, in holy orders,

rector of Herling and Stepney.

George, of Butley, in Suffolk, m. and had issue. John, m. twice, and had issue. Thomas, of Herling, m. first,

and had two sons, John and Robert; and secondly, Mrs. Bert, relict of the governor of Fort St. George, and had Richard, Mary, and Frances, the wife of Thomas Wright, esq. of Downham.

This estate was purchased by the Wright family from Sir Thomas Cornwallis.

Frances, m. to Henry Rayney, of London.

2. Robert, of Holm Hale, Norfolk, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Chamberlain, esq. of Barnham Broom, and had issue. 3. George, both in holy orders, 4. John, and both married. III. Jermyn, of Wrangford, in Suffolk, b. in 1608, m. Anne, daughter of Richard Bachcrof, esq. of Bexwell, in Norfolk, and by her, who d. 24th July, 1681, had (with a daughter, Anne, m. first, to Nat. Fox, esq. of Westrop; and secondly, to the Rev. James Paston, rector of LivermereParva,) a son and heir,

SIR ROBERT WRIGHT, knt. of
Wrangford, appointed succes-
sively one of the judges of the
Common Pleas and chief justice
of the Court of King's Bench,
temp. JAMES II. He m. first,
Dorothy Moor, of Wiggenhall,
St. Germain's, but by her, who
d. in 1662, he had no issue. He
wedded, secondly, Susan, dau.
of the Right Rev. Matthew Wren,
Bishop of Ely, and had issue,
Robert, of Sedgfield, in Dur-
ham,who emigrated to South
Carolina, and married a
widow lady named Pitts.
From this marriage de-
scends the present SIR
JAMES ALEXANDER WRIGHT,
bart. of South Carolina.
(See BURKE's Peerage and
Baronetage.)

Susan, m. to Vertue Rudford,
esq. of Gray's Inn.
Anne, m. to Frevill Lampton,
esq. of Hardwick, Durham.
Elizabeth, m. to John Bugden,
gent. of Huntingdonshire.
Alice.

Sir Robert m. thirdly, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Chief Justice
Sir William Scroggs, knt. and
had issue.

1. Sarah.
II. Anne, m. to William Stebbing, esq.
III. Jane, m. to James Ward, esq. of
Hindringham, Norfolk.

The eldest son of Thomas Wright, the first of Kilverstone, another

THOMAS WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone and Weeting, espoused, first, Dorothy, dau. of Simeon Brograve, esq. of Hamels, in Braughing Parish, Herts, but had no issue. Hem.secondly, Judith,dau.of Robert Houghton, esq. of Earlham, in Norfolk, and had 1. Robert, d. unm. II. THOMAS, heir.

III. Jermyn, d. unm.
IV. John, of London, who m. Miss
Anna Maria Smith, living in 1732,
and had two sons and two daughters,
viz.

1. Thomas, who died in the East
Indies.

2. Marmaduke, d. s. p.

1. Anna Maria, living in 1702.
2. Elizabeth, m. to John Cotton,
esq. son and heir of John Cotton,
esq. of Ashill.

v. Charles, who m. Miss Braham, and
had a son, Charles, an officer in the
army, who d. unm.

1. Judith, m. to John Crask, M.D. Mr. Wright died in 1652, while high sheriff for Norfolk, and was s. by his eldest surviving son,

THOMAS WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone, who m. in 1664, Catherine, daughter of Sir Charles Harbord, knt. surveyor-general to King CHARLES II. and by her (who wedded, secondly, in 1667, William Cropley, esq. and died in 1684,) he left at his decease, 12th April, 1667, an only son,

CHARLES WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone, b. in 1666, whom Henry, Duke of Norfolk, appointed, in 1696, captain of a troop of horse. This gentleman m. in 1691, Anne,† daughter and co-heir of George Vilett, esq. of Pinkney Hall, in Tattersett, Norfolk, and had (with six other children, who all d. unm.)

I. THOMAS, his heir.

II. John, in holy orders, rector of Euston, in Suffolk, who m. Anne, daughter of William Pearson, LL.D. chancellor of York, and had, with other issue, who died in infancy or unmarried,

HARBORD, successor to his uncle.

By Mr. Cropley she had a son, Harbord Cropley, who assumed the surname of Harbord.

This lady is interred at Kilverstone with the following inscription:

JOHN, who inherited upon the demise of his nephew.

1. Elizabeth, who m. Robert Chad, of Wells, and was mother of

SIR GEORGE CHAD, who was created a baronet in 1791. Mr. Wright d. 16th November, 1729, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone, living in 1737, who died without issue, and was s. by his nephew,

HARBORD WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone, who wedded his cousin, Frances Chad, sister of Sir George Chad, first baronet, and had, with a daughter, who died in infancy, a son and successor,

CHARLES WRIGHT, esq. of Kilverstone, at whose decease, without issue, the estates and representation of the family reverted to his uncle,

Arms-Sa. a chev. engrailed arg. between three fleurs-de-lis or, on a chief of the third three spears' heads az.

Crest-A dragon's head erased arg. pel

Estates The property of this family, though formerly very large, extending from East Herling to Hockwold cum Wilton, and comprising nearly all the parishes in the southern border of the hundreds of Shropham and Grimshow, is now reduced to little more than the parish of Kilverstone and part of Croxton adjoining; besides which, they had large possessions in other parts of the county of Norfolk and on the borders of Suffolk.

Seat-Kilverstone, near Thetford,

About the middle of the seventeenth century, we find the Gregors resident at Truro, of which town William Gregor was mayor in 1677, and at that period the family seems first to have settled at Trewarthenick, where

FRANCIS GREGOR, esq. resided, in 1720. His descendant, another

FRANCIS GREGOR, esq. of Trewarthenick, served the office of sheriff for Cornwall in 1788, and was returned, in the subsequent year, after a severe and protracted contest, member of parliament by that county, which he continued to represent for sixteen years. He m. first, Catherine, dau. and co-heiress (with her sister, Loveday-Sarah, wife of Francis Glanville, esq. of Catchfrench, and mother of the present MRS. GREGOR, of Trewarthenick), of William Masterman, esq. of Restormel, but had no issue, either

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by this lady, or by his second wife, who survived him. He died 12th July, 1815, when the following panegyric appeared in the Cornwall Gazette. "It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of Francis Gregor, esq. which took place at his seat of Trewarthenick, on the 12th instant in the fifty-sixth year of his age. For nearly seventeen years he represented his native county in parliament, where he attached himself to no party, although he generally supported the measures of Mr. Pitt; but upon all occasions he voted to the best of his judgement, for the good of his country. His time and his talents, during his parliamentary attendance, were wholly devoted to the service of the state, and the peculiar interests of his constituents, exhibiting in himself a bright example of senatorial virtue, and at the same time reflecting lustre on this

1. Mary, m. to Sir John Estcourt, knt.

3. Alice, died unmarried.

4. Joan m. to Sampson Hele, esq.